Correlates of Inmates’ Self‐Reported HIV/AIDS Risk Behaviors, Prior Incarceration, and Marijuana Use

Abstract

The primary purpose of this study was to determine associations between measures of prior incarceration and marijuana use with self‐reported HIV/AIDS risk behaviors among a sample of soon‐to‐be‐released adult male inmates. Analyses presented exclusively involve calculating two multiple logistic regression models to test the study hypothesis. The general model specified self‐reported marijuana use as an outcome with selected demographic variables including ethnicity, age, education, and income prior to incarceration as predictor variables. Significant bivariate associations were recorded for age, education, and sexual self‐expectation with respect to reincarceration. Specifically, the least amount of education reported, the more likely study participants were to have been incarcerated more than once.

• Inmates
• Marijuana
• HIV/AIDS
• Prison
• Repeat offender